《新福尔摩斯》精讲 233

Can I ask what this is in connection with?

这有什么关系吗?

Private Bainbridge contacted us about a personal matter, sir.

班布里奇因为一件私事跟我们联系 先生

Nothing's personal when it concerns my troops.

我手下的部队没有私事

What do you really want?

你的目的是什么?

I'm here on a legitimate¹ enquiry.

我在进行合法的询问

Are you press? Digging for some bloody² Royal story or something?

你是记者吗? 挖一些皇室八卦之类的新闻?

No, sir, I'm Captain John Watson,Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers. - Retired³.

不 先生 我是约翰·华生上尉，来自第五诺森伯兰火枪团。 - 退役了。

You could be a used-car salesman now, for all I know.

据我所知 你现在应该是个二手车销售员

Bainbridge?Gentleman here to see you.

班布里奇?有人来找你

Bainbridge!

班布里奇!

I know you, don't I?

我应该认识你吧?

I've seen you in the papers.

我在报纸上见过你

You hang around with that detective, the one with the silly hat.

你和那个侦探鬼混 戴着傻兮兮的帽子的那个

What the hell does Bainbridge want with a detective?

班布里奇找侦探到底是什么意思?

I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to say.

恕我无可奉告

You're not at liberty to say? He's a soldier in my regiment⁴.

你无可奉告?他是我部队里的士兵

I'll be damned if he's going to get up to cloak-and-dagger nonsense like this.

如果他牵涉进间谍那种屁事中 我麻烦可大了

Sir!Sir! - What's going on?

长官! - 怎么了？

It's Bainbridge,sir.He's dead.

是班布里奇，他死了

1 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

2 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

3 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

4 regiment   

n.团，多数，管理；v.组织，编成团，统制

参考例句：

• As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活，所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
• They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。